Thank you! This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by 4saken. Chibifreak Member. July 8, at am July 8, at pm Clement Member. This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Clement. Gigatron Member. Tones are more clearly enunciated in formal settings like announcements and news broadcasts. Yes, which is why we usually start with standard Tokyo dialect. Kind of similar to learning Mandarin main land or otherwise.
In the end, it all comes down to listening and repeating but students need to be taught how to to listen for and be aware of the tones in order to repeat it correctly. If they know to watch out for tones then they can be more productive in their listening and repeating of native speakers.
Tones may be a slightly inaccurate way to describe what happens in Japanese. As Tae mentioned, without context pitch can be very important. He had no clue what I said. I had to give him examples and then he realized what I said. He then corrected my pitches and now I can properly demand fruits from people. This is why someone needs to figure this out. Hmm… sounds like a good Phd dissertation. How will people go about teaching tones in Japanese? Sure, some dictionaries have tone guides e.
Kana may be phonetic, but it has zero tonal information — unlike pinyin. There are actually accent dictionaries out there, although they usually only cover Tokyo dialect. As far as being able to know what the intonation of a word is, there are rules for things like how particles or attached words modify the intonation and all that, but they vary between dialects. For example, in Tokyo dialect, each word is either accented or unaccented.
If the word is accented on the first mora, that mora is high, while the rest of the word is low. If the accent is on any mora after that, then the first mora is low, every mora after that, up to and including the accented mora is high, and every mora after the one with the accent is low again.
If the word is unaccented, then the first mora is low and all the following morae are high. Because of this, unaccented and final-accented words are identical, but only in isolation.
Mark Complete. Now Playing: Lesson Audio. Already a Member? Sign In Here. Intro Michael: Does Japanese have tones? Risa: And does it have any words that differ only in pitch? Michael: At JapanesePod Four-year-old Nana Nakamura is spending time at home with her father, Yoshi Nakamura.
While talking about their likes and dislikes, Nana says, "I like rain. Soretomo, ame? Michael: Once more with the English translation. Note that pitch accent is considered different from the concepts of stress and tone that appear in English and Chinese, respectively. So although Japanese doesn't have tones, each word has a pitch accent, so it's important to use the correct pitches, or people may think you're saying one word when you mean to say another.
Michael: Let's take a closer look at the conversation between Nana and Yoshi. Do you remember how Yoshi said "rain? As a result, what he said means "rain. When said in this manner, the word means "candy. This is a key characteristic of Japanese. Michael: To recap, we've covered two types of pitch accent in Japanese — one which starts with a high pitch and drops to a low pitch, and another which starts with a low pitch and rises to a high pitch.
Michael: Let's look at one more example. Note that, in terms of pronunciation, the following words only differ in terms of their pitch accent. Michael: So far, we have learned about the function and importance of pitch accent in the Japanese language. Using the wrong pitch accent usually results in producing a completely different word.
On the other hand, you should also keep in mind that even if you don't master pitch accent right away, most of the time, native speakers will still be able to understand what you mean from the context. Expansion Michael: Let's review the conversation at the beginning of this lesson. I will say the sentences in English; try to reply with their Japanese translation. Then listen carefully as the native speaker models the answer, and repeat after her.
Do you remember how to say "I like rain"? Pause 5 seconds. Do you remember how to say, "Rain or candy? As Japan started to have contact with other countries in the Meiji period, they decided that a "standard language" needed to be established. That's all there is to it! Be sure to download the lesson notes for this lesson at JapanesePod Hide All. Please Sign In to leave a comment.
Japanese does not belong to any particular family of languages, unlike languages spoken in Europe, Russia, and India, which are Indo-European languages. A prominent theory is that Japanese belongs within the Altaic family, which includes Turkish, Tungusic, Mongolian, and Korean, with the most similarities with Korean. However, some scholars believe that it is closer in nature to South Pacific languages in the Austronesian family.
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